Pan-Fried Breaded Drum Fish

This easy fried white fish takes only minutes to prepare and will please even the pickiest of eaters.

Level:
Easy

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Ingredients

8 oz. drum fish filets (or other thin white fish filet)

½ tsp. salt

¼ tsp. Black pepper

¼ tsp. cayenne pepper

1 c. flour

1 c. bread crumbs

1 egg

⅓ c. milk or half and half

¾ c. canola oil

Directions

Season fish filets with salt, pepper and cayenne.

In separate plates put the flour and bread crumbs. In a wide bowl scramble one egg and whisk in the milk.

Add the canola oil to a cast iron or heavy bottom sauté pan about 10 inches wide. The oil should be about a half inch deep in the pan. Heat to 350 degrees or until a piece of white bread turns golden brown within 10 seconds after going in the oil.

Take the seasoned filets one at a time and dredge each filet in the flour (shake off excess flour). Then run it through the egg milk mixture, then through the bread crumbs. When you put the filet in the bread crumbs, be sure and pat as many crumbs as you can onto the filets. Add more bread crumbs if they are not sticking well.

Fry the filets in the hot oil for about 3 minutes on each side, until golden brown. Be sure not to crowd the pan as this will lower the fry heat and make your fish soggy. You can always do this fish in batches.